Alogobotur (died 927) was a Bulgarian

Bulgarians

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 noble and military commander during the reign of Tsar

Tsar

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 Simeon the Great

Simeon I of Bulgaria

Simeon I the Great ruled over Bulgaria from 893 to 927, during the First Bulgarian Empire. Simeon's successful campaigns against the Byzantines, Magyars and Serbs led Bulgaria to its greatest territorial expansion ever, making it the most powerful state in contemporary Eastern Europe...

 (893–927). He was probably a komit (duke) of one of Bulgaria

Bulgaria

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's provinces.

In 926, Alogobotur was in command of a campaign against the Serbs

Serbs

The Serbs are a South Slavic ethnic group of the Balkans and southern Central Europe. Serbs are located mainly in Serbia, Montenegro and Bosnia and Herzegovina, and form a sizable minority in Croatia, the Republic of Macedonia and Slovenia. Likewise, Serbs are an officially recognized minority in...

 who were plotting with the Byzantines

Byzantine Empire

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 against the Bulgarian Empire

First Bulgarian Empire

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. He was then to invade the newly established Kingdom of Croatia

Kingdom of Croatia (Medieval)

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 which was in alliance with the Byzantine Empire

Byzantine Empire

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. The Serbs were easily defeated and fled to Croatia but the campaign in the later ended with a disaster: the Bulgarian army was completely defeated in the battle of the Bosnian Highlands

Battle of the Bosnian Highlands

In 927 a battle was fought in the Bosnian highlands between the armies of the two Balkan rulers of the time: Bulgarian Tsar Simeon I, the great victor of the Battle of Anchialus over the Byzantine Empire ten years earlier, and King Tomislav of Croatia, the first king of the Croatian state.According...

 by the Croats

Croats

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 under their King Tomislav on 27 May 927. Alogobotur most probably perished in the battle along with most of his soldiers.

Sources

• Иречек, К. История на българите, 194.